How the proposed changes to Medicaid could affect Minnesotans

Last week, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed a multitrillion dollar bill that advances President Donald Trump’s agenda for his second term.

One issue that will be debated as it moves to the Senate is the bill’s significant changes to Medicaid.  

Medicaid is the public insurance program that covers most health care and long-term care for 83 million low-income and disabled people in the U.S. 

In Minnesota, about a quarter of the population is on the state’s Medicaid program, which is known as Medical Assistance. 

MPR News host Angela Davis talks with a physician and a health policy researcher about what the proposed changes to Medicaid could mean for Minnesotans.  

 Guests:

• Lynn Blewett is a professor of health policy in the School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota. She is also the director of the State Health Access Data Assistance Center, a health policy research center with a focus on state policy. 

• Dr. Tyler Winkelman is a primary care physician and researcher who directs the division of general internal medicine at Hennepin Healthcare. He is also the co-director of the Health, Homelessness, and Criminal Justice Lab. 

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